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TONIGHT THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD WILL LOOK AT PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE DRESS CODE FOR STUDENTS. THE PROPOSALS INCLUDE ALLOWING ONLY ONE COLOR SHIRT FOR EACH SCHOOL, AND STUDENTS WOULD ONLY WEAR KHAKI PANTS. CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER JOE CRAIG CALLS IT A SAFETY ISSUE AS TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS WOULD KNOW WHAT STUDENTS BELONG ON THE CAMPUS AND WHO DOESN’T. HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPALS HAVE LET THE DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE KNOW THEY ARE IN FAVOR OF THE CHANGES.
THE CALCASIEU PARISH SCHOOL BOARD LAST NIGHT OFFERED SUPERINTENDENT KARL BRUCHAUS A FOUR YEAR CONTRACT RENEWAL. THE PROPOSED CONTRACT CALLS FOR BRUCHAUS TO BE PAID 170 THOUSAND DOLLARS ANNUALLY. BEFORE APPROVING THE OFFER, THE BOARD WENT INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO EVALUATE BRUCHAUS. THEY GAVE HIM A SCORE OF THREE-POINT-THREE OUT OF A POSSIBLE HIGH SCORE OF FOUR.
TWO MORE DEPUTIES HAVE PLEADED GUILTY IN A FEDERAL INVESTIGATION IN A CASE INVOLVING JAIL ABUSE AND A COVER UP. JULIE DARCE HAS MORE.
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Senators grilled business lobbyists on the second-to-last day of the special legislative session, saying companies aren’t doing their fair share to help close Louisiana’s budget gap. Lobbyists for the oil and gas industry, chemical plants and other companies urged the Senate tax committee Tuesday against shrinking sales tax breaks they receive. That prompted a blistering rebuke from several members of the committee who said businesses are pushing higher sales taxes on consumers to try to protect their favored tax breaks. Stephen Waguespack, president of the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry, said the business economy was fragile and the tax changes under consideration could harm companies.
Lawmakers think they have found a way to tap into more money for Louisiana’s Medicaid program, without more taxes. A little-noticed financing maneuver added to legislation Monday night by senators is estimated to bring in at least $250 million more annually for Medicaid. The maneuver, sponsored by Republican Sen. Fred Mills, would allow insurance companies that manage medical care for thousands of Medicaid patients to pool more of their money and draw down additional federal Medicaid dollars to compensate them for caring for the poor. Mills says the financing plan, which won final passage Tuesday from the House, needs approval from federal Medicaid officials.
TWO GROUPS HAVE APPLIED TO OPEN CHARTER SCHOOLS IN LAFAYETTE PARISH. THE JEFFERSON CHAMBER FOUNDATION ACADEMY WANTS TO OPEN A CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL IN THE NORTHERN PART OF LAFAYETTE. ATHLOS ACADEMIES IS PROPOSING A KINDERGARTEN THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE SCHOOL, THOUGH ITS LOCATION IS YET TO BE DETERMINED. THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD HAS UNTIL JUNE SECOND TO APPROVE OR DECLINE THE APPLICATIONS.
OVER ONE HUNDRED PEOPLE ARE EXPECTED TO TAKE PART IN THE LAKE CHARLES GUN CLUB’S BAYOU BLAST THIS WEEKEND AT MUSKEEDA FLATS. PARTICIPANTS WILL GET A TASTE OF THE OLD WEST AS THEY SHOOT AT METAL TARGETS IN A SALOON AND LIVERY STABLE. THEY’LL BE ALLOWED TO DRESS IN COSTUMES REFLECTING THE OLD WEST. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE EVENT, GO TO UP THE CREEK GANG-DOT-COM-SLASH-2016 BAYOU BLAST-DOT-H-T-M.
A VILLE PLATTE MAN WAS SHOT IN EUNICE LATE MONDAY NIGHT. EUNICE POLICE CHIEF RANDY FONTENOT TELLS KATC TV THAT THE 40-YEAR-OLD MAN WAS SHOT TWICE AND UNDERWENT SURGERY YESTERDAY. FONTENOT SAYS NO ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE AND DETECTIVES ARE STILL INTERVIEWING WITNESSES AND THE PEOPLE INVOLVED. THE SHOOTING HAPPENED IN THE BEULAH GARDENS AREA SHORTLY AFTER TEN MONDAY NIGHT.
